{"id":1976775,"date":"2023-07-18T21:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-san-francisco-stores-locking-up-frozen-foods-to-prevent-shoplifting\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:34:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:34:02","slug":"some-san-francisco-stores-locking-up-frozen-foods-to-prevent-shoplifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-san-francisco-stores-locking-up-frozen-foods-to-prevent-shoplifting\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco stores secure frozen foods to deter theft."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsome-san-francisco-stores-locking-up-frozen-foods-to-prevent-shoplifting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>San\u2062 Francisco Stores \u2062Lock Up Frozen\u2063 Foods to Combat Shoplifting<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u2063 400\">Residents\u2063 of\u200d San\u200d Francisco can add at least \u2064one \u200bmore\u2062 item they will have\u200d to \u200bwait for an \u2063employee \u200cto unlock\u2063 before they can\u200c purchase: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-are-the-worst-frozen-foods-out-there-for-your-health\/\" title=\"These Are the Worst Frozen Foods Out There for Your Health\">frozen foods<\/a>. According \u200dto a <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/18\/san-francisco-stores-lock-up-frozen-food-to-deter-shoplifters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>\u200b from\u200b the \u2064New York \u2063Post, some stores in\u200d the city have\u200c begun locking up frozen \u200dfoods in an\u2064 attempt \u200dto fend\u2062 off shoplifters.\u200d CBS \u200cNews Bay Area reporter Betty Yu <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bett_yu\/status\/1681124070077906945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1681138386382331904%7Ctwgr%5Eac0f748e14bb10b8414dc9738d77cc5cdca4ae75%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fsan-francisco-food-stores-lock-up-frozen-goods-to-mitigate-shoplifting\"\u200b target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\">posted videos<\/a> to \u2063Twitter showing \u200cthe drastic measures being \u200dtaken, \u2062saying that a Walgreens\u200d store\u200b started chaining its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-food-stores-lock-up-frozen-goods-to-mitigate-shoplifting-2\/\" title=\"San Francisco stores secure frozen goods to prevent theft.\">frozen food section<\/a>\u2062 because it\u200b has\u2063 been\u200d targeted by shoplifters up \u200dto 20\u2063 times \u200ba \u2063day.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Shoplifters Clean Out\u2062 Frozen Food Section<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWorkers said \u200cnormally\u2064 shoplifters clean\u200d out all the pizza and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-roasts-desantis-after-pr-stunt-targeting-trump-falls-flat-on-its-face\/\" title=\"Twitter mocks DeSantis as PR stunt against Trump backfires.\">ice\u200b cream<\/a> \u200cevery night. They\u2019re usually \u200dhit 20x a \u2064day. The\u2062 whole store is virtually \u2063locked up,\u201d Yu \u200dposted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A\u200b video\u2063 accompanying the \u200dtweet shows \u200cice\u2062 cream, microwave \u200cdinners,\u2063 frozen \u2064fish sticks, and\u2063 frozen \u2062pizzas in freezers locked with a chain. Additionally, rows of makeup, hair\u200c products, cleaning supplies, candles, laundry \u200ddetergent, and other items\u2062 are in \u200blocked cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u2062style=\"font-weight: \u2064400\">The \u2063shoplifting deterrent is \u200ca hassle for honest shoppers and \u2062employees alike. Long\u200b wait times for \u2064employees to \u200dget\u2062 to the\u200b aisle\u2064 to unlock \u2063products have been reported, with one \u200cwoman <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/06\/13\/locked-up-san-francisco-shelves-irritating-workers-and-shoppers-at-target-walgreens-and-safeway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling<\/a> The San \u200dFrancisco Standard \u2063she has to \u200bwait upwards of ten minutes to purchase \u200dTide Pods from her local Safeway grocery \u200dstore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMost\u200b of the time, \u2064I just order \u2062this stuff online\u2062 to avoid going here completely,\u201d another\u200c Safeway customer told the outlet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u200cstyle=\"font-weight: 400\">A Safeway\u2064 staffer\u200d said he\u2019s quitting \u200chis position after\u2064 just \u2063six\u200b months because of the \u201cadded stress\u201d that \u2062unlocking items\u200c and taking\u2063 them \u2064to \u200cthe register\u200c has on him,\u2062 as \u200bthe\u2062 Standard \u200dreports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">\u201cHaving to\u2064 bring things\u2063 to \u2064the front \u2063was a \u2064game \u2062changer,\u201d\u200c the employee said,\u2064 noting \u200cthat employees have \u200bto\u2062 use walkie-talkies\u200d to be\u200c told in which aisle \u2063a\u200d customer needs assistance. \u200b\u201cEvery day, it\u2019s like this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u200b style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u200cTarget employee \u2062told the\u2063 outlet\u2063 that \u201cevery 20 minutes\u201d a shoplifter would come \u2063into\u200c the store and steal products. Another\u200d employee \u200csaid, \u201cThey\u2019ll steal \u200danything that \u200disn\u2019t tied\u200c down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u2063style=\"font-weight: \u2063400\">Police records show that in 2022, 2,900\u2062 shoplifting incidents were\u200c reported, a sharp increase from the 34% decrease \u2062in \u200d2020,\u2062 which\u200d has been attributed to lockdown-enforced \u2062business\u200c closures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/investigations\/shoplifting-san-francisco\/3209672\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> \u200dto NBC Bay Area. Under a voter-approved California law, the theft of \u200dmerchandise valued at \u200b$950 or less is \u200dconsidered a misdemeanor\u200c and is\u2062 frequently\u2063 not \u200cinvestigated, the outlet points out.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Impact \u2062on \u200bStores and \u2062Closure<\/h3>\n<p><span \u2064style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey basically opened the \u2064gates to\u200c theft,\u201d retired police\u2062 officer Mike Leninger said. \u201cAnd\u200c you are seeing\u2063 that \u200cin stores that \u200dare closing,\u2063 chains that are lowering the number of stores\u200b under the guise \u2064of\u200b financial constraints or reasons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2021, \u2063Walgreens \u2064<a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/walgreens-now-closing-stores-in-san-francisco-following-retail-theft-spike\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed five\u2064 stores<\/a>\u200d in San Francisco over \u201congoing organized retail crime.\u201d\u2063 Earlier this \u200cyear, a Whole Foods \u2063flagship store in \u200dthe\u2064 city\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/san-franciscos-flagship-whole-foods-closes-after-only-one-year-due-to-high-crime-report\">closed<\/a>\u2063 due \u200bto\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">high crime<\/a> after just \u2062a year in business.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In San Francisco, residents now face another inconvenience while shopping as frozen foods are being locked up to prevent theft. Several stores in the city have taken this measure, requiring employees to unlock these items before customers can make a purchase. This move aims to deter shoplifters, as reported by CBS and the New York Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1976776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}